I started playing guitar in 5th grade after watching a band play in our school talent show, but I didn't play anything besides the beginning licks of "Iron Man", "In the Jungle" and such, I started taking lessons in 6th grade I think, soon other freinds started playing, and inbetween years of 7th and 8th grade I made a "band" (more just a jam group) and we played, and wrote a song at my instructors house. Then I found this site when I was trying to write an acoustic song, saw the advertisment on a website that listed scales and chords.

The welcoming video really inspired me, it made me relize that only I could push myself past the plateau that I was in. Coincidently right after I decided to get serious about guitar, one of my freinds that was in the jam group with me, wanted to start up again, but actually a band this time and write songs.

Im in 9th grade right now, my skill is.... marginal, but increasing fast, I play 1-2 hours on school nights, 5-9 on weekends, and 9+ on practice days with the band.